Re: [TowerTalk] Station Ground

[Gary Schafer <garyschafer@comcast.net>]

It doesn't matter if conductors are round or flat. It is the surface 
area that counts for low inductance. Of course a flat conductor will 
have less copper for a given amount of surface area compared to a round 
conductor.

73
Gary K4FMX



Pat Barthelow wrote:
> Kelly, and TT:
>
> One reason for the desirability of broad, flat ground conductors at RF,  
> is that the series inductance of such is much less than "round" 
> conductors of any manageable size... While a narrow stricture somewhere 
> in the conductor should be avoided if possible, and it is difficult to 
> avoid entirely, you still gain benefits from the broad conductor 
> contributing less total inductance to the ground system....even if in 
> series with a small run of narrow conductor...
>
> 73, DX, de Pat AA6EG   aa6eg@hotmail.com


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